Music: Edexcel GCSE revision notes

1 Musical Elements
- 1.1 Organisation of Pitch
  1.1.1 Melodic Pitch
  1.1.2 Melodic Devices
  1.1.3 Harmonic Pitch
  1.1.4 Harmonic Devices
  1.1.5 Harmonic Progressions
- 1.2 Tonality
  1.2.1 Major & Minor Tonality
  1.2.2 End of Topic Test - Musical Elements
2 Instrumental Music 1700–1820
- 2.1 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major
  2.1.1 Concerto No. 5 in D Major
  2.1.2 Structure & Melody
  2.1.3 Instrumentation & Texture
  2.1.4 Harmony
  2.1.5 Wider Listening
- 2.2 Beethoven: Sonata ‘Pathétique’
  2.2.1 Piano Sonata No. 8
  2.2.2 Structure & Melody
  2.2.3 Other Features
  2.2.4 Wider Listening
  2.2.5 End of Topic Test - Instrumental Music 1700–1820
3 Vocal Music
- 3.1 Purcell: Music for a While
  3.1.1 Music for a While
  3.1.2 Other Features
  3.1.3 Wider Listening
- 3.2 Queen: Killer Queen
  3.2.1 Killer Queen
  3.2.2 Other Features
  3.2.3 Wider Listening
  3.2.4 End of Topic Test - Vocal Music
4 Music for Stage & Screen
- 4.1 Schwartz: Defying Gravity
  4.1.1 Defying Gravity
  4.1.2 Other Features
  4.1.3 Wider Listening
  4.1.4 End of Topic Test - Defying Gravity
- 4.2 Williams: Star Wars Episode IV
  4.2.1 A New Hope
  4.2.2 Structure & Melody
  4.2.3 Other Features
  4.2.4 Wider Listening
  4.2.5 End of Topic Test - Star Wars Episode IV
5 Fusions
- 5.1 Afro Celt Sound System: Release
  5.1.1 Release
  5.1.2 Other Features
  5.1.3 Wider Listening
- 5.2 Spalding: Samba Em Preludio
  5.2.1 Samba Em Preludio
  5.2.2 Structure & Melody
  5.2.3 Other Features
  5.2.4 Wider Listening
  5.2.5 End of Topic Test - Fusions